Rail.



' W. J. LAGKIB.

RAIL

Patented May 4, 1909.

Mam fl, 61%? UNITE @TATFg PA err WILLIAM J. LAOKIE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM M. FORSYTH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAIL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l VILLIAM J. LAOKIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in railway rails, and has for its object to produce a railway rail provided with a beveled channel extending its entire longitudinal length, and having simple and etlicient means whereby the rail may be placed to prevent lateral or longitudinal movement and whereby the contiguous meeting ends of a pair of rails are effectively secured to gether to provide a substantially continuous rail.

To these and other ends the invention resides in the novel construction of rails and elements adapted for engaging the rails as will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a pair of rails constructed in accordance with my invention, and showing the same in secured position upon the ties. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view, taken upon the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a spike employed with my invention.

In the drawing the numerals 1 and 2 designate the contiguous meeting ends of a pair of rails, comprising the ordinary head 3, web at, and base flanges 5.

In carrying out my invention the webs 4L of the rails are enlarged to allow for the formation of a central channel or recess 6, which as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, is of a substantial V or beveled shape, and which is adapted to receive a retaining plate 7, of a cross sectional contour coinciding with the recess 6, formed within the rails.

Spikes 9, having beveled heads 10, coinciding with the cross sectional contour of the retaining plate 7 and the channel 6 formed within the rail, are provided and adapted to be driven into rail ties 11 at points adjacent the ends of the retaining plate 7, with which they are adapted to contact and hold rigidly against lateral movement.

It will be also noted, by reference to Figs. 2 and l of the drawings, that the spikes 1O fipecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 29, 1907.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Serial No. kO iAitD.

have their lower portions provided with sides inclined downwardly from the center and terminating in a point, and their upper portions inclined upwardly from their point of intersection with the inclined sides of the lower portion, the points of intersection adapted to form guides to indicate when the lower portion of the spike is fully driven into the tie.

In placing my improved rail in position on the ties 11, one of the spikes 9 is first inserted within the tie, after the proper position of alinenient with the other rails upon the ties, and the retaining plate 7 is placed adjacent to and in close alinement with the spike, and the next spike driven into a tie at the opposite end of the retaining plate, thus holding the plate in secure engagement between the spikes, it being understood that the retaining plate may be of any desired length and suiiicient to span and rest upon at least three of the ties.

From the construction just described, it will be obvious that the retaining plates and spikes may be placed upon the ties in any number and at any desired position, and the rails need not be laid until a large number of plates are positioned, when the rails may be forced upon the plates and a great length of rails easily and quickly laid at each operation.

hen the contiguous meeting ends of the rails are to be secured, one of the rails is placed over the plate and spike until its free end rests upon an intermediate tie as at 12, illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and the rail is then forced upon the plate until the channel 6 of the rail entirely envelops about one half of the retaining plate leaving the projecting portion of the plate for engagement with the contiguous rail. The projecting portion of the plate 7 is adapted to be engaged by the channel (5 of the meeting end of the opposite rail, which is forced upon and securely held by the plate in the manner heretofore described. By this construction it will be seen that the contiguous ends of the rails are held securelyagainst movement and the structure provides a substantially continuous rail.

From the above description it will be noted that I have provided a railway rail which is extremely simple in construction and which provides means whereby it may be easily laid upon the ties and whereby worn or mutilated rails may be readily re moved and replaced without interfering with the securing means upon the ties.

\Vhile I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention changes in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

The combination with the contiguous ends of a pair of rails, each of said rails being provided with a central longitudinal channelhaving its side walls arranged at an angle to the base flange of the rails, ties for the rails, a plate having its sides in inclined position upon the ties and adapted to be seated Within the channels of the rails, spikes adapted to be inserted within the ties and to engage the ends of the plate, and said spikes having their lower sides inclined downwardly and converging to a point and having their upper sides inclined upwardly from their points of intersection with the inclined sides of the lower portion.

In testimony whereof I altiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM J. LACKIE.

lVitnesses Var. M. FORSYTH, Lorns PENZEL. 

